Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, July 2013 Digital Edition

Enrich and innovate your jewelry with the expert features in the July issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. Explore gemstone information, knock-out jewelry designs, metalsmithing must-knows and much more!

Uncover the versatility opals hold. Learn about the different types of opal so you can choose the right stone for your project. Then, explore two different jewelry designs that utilize this stone in different (and beautiful) ways! Plus, incorporate multiple stones into your jewelry projects with the intarsia construction technique.

Re-energize your jewelry with these skillful designs featured in Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fair 1851-1939. Breathtaking and technically detailed, explore these innovative projects that span crucial decades of design.

Uncover all the jewelry making information we’ve packed in these pages

• Explore the video streaming site Vine and what it can do for your jewelry business in Net Profits.
• Discover some new jewelry making tools you’re sure to fall in love with, recommended by Helen I. Driggs in Cool Tools & Hip Tips.
• Smokin’ Stones goes in-depth into the Lightening Ridge opal, an extraordinarily bright stone filled with lapidary possibilities.
• Make your mark by incorporating engraving to your designs. Explore this must-know technique with Trends and discover the various ways jewelry artists are using this technique in their designs.
• Get the jewelry making tips you won’t want to miss in Ask the Experts with Tom & Kay Benham.
• Explore the featured jewelry projects and demos that will boost your skills and challenge your technique.
• And much more!